tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8346745169146749714..comments2024-03-28T19:36:39.783-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: The Monster Under the BedJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15650234606318105392019-10-20T10:45:30.481-04:002019-10-20T10:45:30.481-04:00A day late but have this to add, direclty realtnin...A day late but have this to add, direclty realtning to Rhys childhood home: my sister is a normally very rational, even hard headed person, not overly imaginative person. So I was very surprised when she admitted to a belief in ghosts. Cause was that when she lived in England for four years, she simply heard too many stories of personal experiences with very old houses! Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52342909617767217242019-10-19T18:26:24.884-04:002019-10-19T18:26:24.884-04:00I don't like scary movies or books, although I...I don't like scary movies or books, although I did watch some Twilight Zone, Frankenstein movies, etc. when I was younger. I'm not that big on Halloween, even the candy because I was and still am picky about my candy. I used to come home and trade my brother for as much chocolate as I could. He had his candy eaten right away but mine would last until Thanksgiving! <br /><br />I never was in a haunted house that I know of but since we live on a busy street, the streetlights used to scare me sometimes. They made patterns on the walls and ceiling. Also, steam heat makes tons of noise.Sally from PAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649707016754971847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9894136458230533962019-10-19T15:53:50.647-04:002019-10-19T15:53:50.647-04:00That is indeed young by British standards. That is indeed young by British standards. Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84730917902394678112019-10-19T14:44:04.874-04:002019-10-19T14:44:04.874-04:00I think Halloween might be my favorite time of yea...I think Halloween might be my favorite time of year, with the leaves turning and the scary everywhere. But, I have a love/hate relationship with scary of horror, too. For scary/horror movies, I want to be able to mute it or look away when it gets too intense, even when it's hokey scary. Last night I was flipping through the television stations and came across the end of one of the Halloween movies. The young couple think they're safe. She thinks she's killed the killer, but I know it's going to end badly. I had to mute it, even though I was telling the couple how stupid they were and knowing it was about to be over for them. I do love reading scary or highly atmospheric stories and books during the Halloween season. Old favorites, like The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Agatha Christie's The Halloween Party are thrilling every year. This year, right now, I'm finishing up Strangers at the Gate by Catriona McPherson, and I highly recommend it as your Halloween read this year. It comes out next Tuesday, Oct 22nd.<br /><br />Rhys, I second the thought that you write about your house where you grew up. A short story would be great. Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-74355784103275471762019-10-19T13:29:05.879-04:002019-10-19T13:29:05.879-04:00I didn't realize that link was so crazy-long. ...I didn't realize that link was so crazy-long. If it doesn't work, try storytellermary.com and click on "stories on YouTube" link. ;-)Storyteller Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807705866873141004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12818143685971914522019-10-19T13:27:41.406-04:002019-10-19T13:27:41.406-04:00I don't like really scary, and I can't tel...I don't like really scary, and I can't tell really scary stories either, even my "Mary Culhane" is tame compared to others.<br />I'd advise students to dial back any violence (or sex) and say I couldn't read Stephen King (except for "Quitters, Inc" which a trusted student told me I'd like). Twilight Zone didn't scare me, a favorite of mine; I showed some episodes to my classes -- good writing led to good discussions. Those pod people, though, truly scary, and there are many movies I've known to stay away from. Here's my "Black Bubble Gum" loosely based on a Steinbeck story "An Affair at 7 Rue de M-"<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DvvltvnfFo&list=OLAK5uy_nv8Ttgxj7vi4gDR4kwjZRlNOaiaBwWxEY&index=11Storyteller Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807705866873141004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7578994046178390832019-10-19T13:19:29.684-04:002019-10-19T13:19:29.684-04:00Oh I love the dressing up part, Edith. But nothing...Oh I love the dressing up part, Edith. But nothing like my grandson who went as The Scream!Authorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7850856037497855792019-10-19T13:17:57.609-04:002019-10-19T13:17:57.609-04:00The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers was the most ter...The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers was the most terrifying thing ever for me. And I still need a light on at nightAuthorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14741980433585857242019-10-19T13:15:45.513-04:002019-10-19T13:15:45.513-04:00I don't like things that go bump in the day or...I don't like things that go bump in the day or night. My grandparents house, was haunted but only after it was sold. Granddad was haunting the new owner's tenants because Granddad didn't like the new owner and never would sold to him if he hadn't been trying to get everything in order before he died or knew the creep was part of the buyers group. That house/property had an attic, basement, barn, warehouse with an empty chicken coop attached. I didn't like the back of the warehouse or chicken coop mainly because little critters liked it in there which attracted the slithering things that fed off them. Brrr. Yup, no scary movies, avoid those scary books. Wimp through and through and proud of it!<br /><br />Halloween is for the children, young children, in my mind. I've never liked teenagers trick or treating, which I've mentioned before. When we were kids our costumes were simple, usually something Mom could pull together from the closets in our home or our grandparents home. We only went around our neighborhood. I do remember as a 1st grader we had a costume parade into the park next to the school. The costumes had to be simple because we brought them to school and changed into them after lunch. I doubt they still are allowed to have that parade today.<br /><br />I did have a shiver while reading this - Twizzlers? Really? Red Vines or the Black licorice by the same company, American Licorice Co., that's the way to go. Costume for Bouchercon? I'm doomed.... :-) <br />Deana Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093854261937772980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26975609139959108112019-10-19T13:15:07.099-04:002019-10-19T13:15:07.099-04:00The house was young by British standards. Built mi...The house was young by British standards. Built mid 1800sAuthorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6161207893258184372019-10-19T13:14:11.648-04:002019-10-19T13:14:11.648-04:00The winged monkeys freaked me out as a child. That...The winged monkeys freaked me out as a child. That was an entirely scary movie for me!Authorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68372098968335260872019-10-19T13:12:45.367-04:002019-10-19T13:12:45.367-04:00Mine too, SusanMine too, SusanAuthorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48174142444073923202019-10-19T13:11:23.969-04:002019-10-19T13:11:23.969-04:00GET OUT was the perfect horror movie, IMHO. The su...GET OUT was the perfect horror movie, IMHO. The suspense, the build up of how truly awful these people were, it was so well done! I'm not a lover of slasher films and much prefer the suspenseful ones - like Halloween, so scary!!!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13589365995413467367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61180480345524054982019-10-19T12:37:52.175-04:002019-10-19T12:37:52.175-04:00Call me a Wimp. Big time. All through my childhood...Call me a Wimp. Big time. All through my childhood and early adolescence, I was pretty wary of ghostly things, of which there were NONE in any house I ever lived in, and I have never (well, almost never) encountered something inexplicable in the dead of night. <br /><br />Lying awake in my bed at night as a kid, my imagination was my best friend and my worst enemy.Susan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17163152026039153248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58836472360288255202019-10-19T12:29:34.634-04:002019-10-19T12:29:34.634-04:00I loved Halloween. Dressing up. Running around lik...I loved Halloween. Dressing up. Running around like hooligans. Free candy! I also loved scary movies. Big brother and I would see the latest at the neighborhood theater. I remember Godzilla scared the heck out of me. The original one with Raymond Burr edited in. I love all the old movies from the 30s and 40s: Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolfman. I felt so sorry for the wolfman (I was a very sensitive child). It wasn't his fault! I watched scary stuff on TV: Twilight Zone, Thriller, Alcoa Presents, and others. Read scary stories. I still remember reading The Birds from an Alfred Hitchcock paperback. Nowadays I enjoy funny scary movies: Zombieland, Cockneys Vs Zombies, Bubba Ho Tep. Mostly ridiculous but fun. Eight Legged Freaks. Oddly enough, the shows I found frightening as a child were those where a child was separated from his parents. Twilight Zone had one of those where a kid fell into a fifth dimension. In that regard Wizard of Oz was disturbing too; Dorothy being marooned in a land with flying monkeys who stole her dog. Nightmares.Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63339419221324204422019-10-19T11:22:02.506-04:002019-10-19T11:22:02.506-04:00Shalom Reds and fans. My life has been relatively ...Shalom Reds and fans. My life has been relatively free from fear. My parents did a great job of sheltering us from what might terrify us. I did as a child wake from sleep having had what some call “Night terrors.” My father was convinced that The Wizard of Oz that was one of my favorite stories that my dad would read to me before bed, was the culprit. So he thought the proximate cause was the “Winged Monkeys.” In any case, I outgrew those scary episodes. <br /><br />I won’t deliberately try to scare myself or allow myself to be scared. While I have read all of Poe and deMaupassant, I’ve never read a Stephen King novel. I won’t see Jaws. I avoid all horror or slasher films. I do get a little uncomfortable when watching Gaslight, which I’ve seen more than a few times. Now, when I watch a DVD or streaming video and I get anxious, I will stop the machine and go outside for a cigarette and some fresh air.<br /><br />Halloween is about sugar and an excuse to drink to excess, if I ever needed one. (I am now sober 27 years.) I don’t remember any of the costumes of my youth. I lived in the “projects” when I was a kid, so there were endless doors that we could knock on. One or two years, my mom hooked us up with UNICEF charity boxes. So we went “Trick or treating for UNICEF.” As an adult, when I was young, I dressed up twice for Halloween. Once I went as Tarzan. One year I dressed up as the Urim and Thumim. They are in the Bible and nobody knows what they were. I took the front and back pages of an Israeli Hebrew newspaper and wore them like a sandwich board.<br /><br />As an eighteen-year-old, I was mugged at knife point. Ever since, I am “on guard” when walking in deserted urban neighborhoods, particularly at night. <br /><br />I did buy some candy as we have one little boy who lives in our building. I ate it all already and need to buy some more. Usually no one knocks on our door. My roommate dresses every year as a pirate and has had the decorations out since the middle of September. <br /><br />There was a cartoon a couple of years back. It showed a couple watch a program about politics. One says to the other, “Can we watch something more realistic, like Star Wars?” Trump is pretty scary.<br />David Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144607647071920674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-92028932239526642202019-10-19T10:57:14.020-04:002019-10-19T10:57:14.020-04:00I am definitely a wimp, and I blame my mother. Sh...I am definitely a wimp, and I blame my mother. She loved Alfred Hitchcock and all those movies of the Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte variety, and she let me watch them with her at an alarmingly young age. Honest to goodness, I think The Birds scarred me for life! So once I was old enough to control my own viewing, I don't do scary. <br /><br />I'm not drawn to scary books, either, but occasionally when one is really well-reviewed I will make an exception -- Stephen King's works are a great example. His writing is so good it makes the fear worth enduring. I feel like I can take those because I have more control: if a scene gets too scary, I can put the book down and walk away for a bit. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292993485984273172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76136472367933857812019-10-19T10:16:18.906-04:002019-10-19T10:16:18.906-04:00Rhys, how old was the rambling country house that ...Rhys, how old was the rambling country house that you grew up in? For me, I grew up with Halloween. I remember wearing a costume and going trick or treating.<br /><br />Not a fan of horror movies or horror books either. I know several people who love these. However I like movies like Beetlejuice, which is more funny than scary.<br /><br />Mystery novels can be scary and it is scary enough for me. <br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23166092792435786982019-10-19T10:12:26.691-04:002019-10-19T10:12:26.691-04:00Hmmm, not familiar with it but I'll go have a ...Hmmm, not familiar with it but I'll go have a look.<br />Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-90025873759978722112019-10-19T09:50:19.393-04:002019-10-19T09:50:19.393-04:00Oh my gosh. I have an incredibly high startle refl...Oh my gosh. I have an incredibly high startle reflex. My husband scares me silly all the time.Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65741094946010669372019-10-19T09:47:53.600-04:002019-10-19T09:47:53.600-04:00How about John Carpenter's The Thing, Ann? I ...How about John Carpenter's The Thing, Ann? I actually like that one and it's really scary. Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18315786964094683782019-10-19T09:46:31.080-04:002019-10-19T09:46:31.080-04:00Hallie, one of my favorites and a great film
Hallie, one of my favorites and a great film<br />Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9862069754154206342019-10-19T09:25:36.022-04:002019-10-19T09:25:36.022-04:00THE VANISHING. I wish I could un-see it! THE VANISHING. I wish I could un-see it! Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38267758375516331242019-10-19T09:24:31.160-04:002019-10-19T09:24:31.160-04:00Oh Reine that is SO SCARY!Oh Reine that is SO SCARY!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41950011240988184262019-10-19T09:15:21.418-04:002019-10-19T09:15:21.418-04:00Believe it or not, I have pretty much zero interes...Believe it or not, I have pretty much zero interest in all things scary. I'm talking horror movies or horror novels. I just don't get into them. I think the last time I did was the fourth Nightmare on Elm Street movie (The one subtitled Dream Warriors) and that was mostly because a rock band I liked did the title song for the soundtrack.<br /><br />Now I don't mind scary in a suspense type movie. After all, my favorite movie is The Silence of the Lambs. And I did like the first few seasons of The Walking Dead before it got boring. But all this other stuff like the endless sequels where Jason (or other serial killer du jour) keeps coming back despite being atomized in the previous film just irritates my senses.<br /><br />And let's face it, if you have watched the more modern day horror films, they are just torture porn. <br /><br />I've got a friend named Ann, and she is a HUGE Halloween/horror fan. She does the haunt circuit, goes to parties, throws her own parties and just generally does it all up. And she lives in a house that is haunted she says. As a matter of fact, she went to a party yesterday where she was dressed up as a dead gangster and the person that went with her was a bullet-riddled bootlegger. The photos are always great but otherwise, I don't get it myself. But I'll be there for her Halloween/Christmas party in early December where the theme is a twisted version of Alice in Wonderland. She's going as the Cheshire Cat...if the cat was a zombiefied version of itself.<br /><br />I don't know if it makes me sensible or a wimp, but there you have it. I just am missing the gene that makes one goofy for gore.Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.com